THE TEAMMark Slade operates Comfort Zone Portables out of a 5-acre facility in Alpharetta, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta. But his service territory extends along the Atlantic seaboard as he focuses on specialty products and very large events. He keeps unmanned equipment yards – he calls them ready-preparedness centers – in Tampa, Fla., Baton Rouge, La., Manchester, Tenn., and Vidalia, Ga. When needed, he sends a team or contracts with locals to deploy the equipment. Slade’s staff of 30 was supplemented with 30 temporaries for the TomorrowWorld event.COMPANY HISTORYSlade grew up in a family business involved in trash collection, recycling
